BACK TO OVAL: The Washington State University's indoor track and field teams will be competing this weekend at the Moscow McDonald's I Open meet at the Kibbie Dome on the University of Idaho campus...the Cougars did not compete last weekend...field events begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, and continue Saturday, Feb. 2, beginning at 8:30 a.m....all running events begin at 10 a.m. Saturday.

ABOUT THE COUGAR COACHES: Head coach Rick Sloan is in his 29th season with the Cougar track program (eighth year as a head coach, seventh year as mentor to the combined men's and women's program)...he is joined by associate coach Debra Farwell, and assistant coaches Dr. James Li, Mark Macdonald, Kris Grimes, and Francesca Green...volunteer coaches are Dan O'Brien and Bernard Lagat.

TEAM HISTORY: Because the Pacific-10 Conference does not sponsor indoor track and field competition, Washington State University competes in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for indoor track season joining teams from the Pac-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic, West Coast and Big West Conferences...the Cougar men's team won the MPSF Indoor Championships last year while the women were team champs in 1999 and 2000...Cougar coach Rick Sloan was named West Region Men's Indoor Coach of the Year by the US Track Coaches Association.

SLOAN ON TUESDAY CONFERENCE CALL: Cougar coach Rick Sloan will be on the WSU Sports Information Weekly Teleconference Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 1:20 p.m. until 1:30 p.m....interested media members should call the WSU Sports Information Office at 509/335-COUG (2684) for the phone number and password.